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Memories of Migration? So-called "Anglo-Saxon" Burial Costume of the 5th Century AD
- Author(s):
- James M. Harland (see profile)
- Date:
- 2019
- Group(s):
- Anglo-Saxon / Old English, Archaeology, Early Medieval, Late Antiquity, Medieval Studies
- Subject(s):
- Anglo-Saxons--Study and teaching, Archaeology, Civilization, Classical, History, Ancient, Classical antiquities, Ethnicity
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Anglo-Saxon studies, Late Antiquity, Classical archaeology, Roman archaeology
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/6a5j-rt67
- Abstract:
- This is an Accepted Manuscript, for an article forthcoming in Antiquity (2019), and remains subject to pre-publication type-editing and proofing. Please cite as James M. Harland, 'Memories of Migration? So-called "Anglo-Saxon" Burial Costume of the 5th Century AD,' Antiquity 93 (2019). A link to the final publication at Cambridge University Press will be provided as soon as this is possible. It is often alleged that wearers of the burial kit which began to appear in lowland Britain in the fifth century AD began to construct new forms of ethnic community by doing so. This article considers the empirical basis for this assertion, and assesses it in light of approaches to ethnic constructivism proposed by Rogers Brubaker (2004) and Andreas Wimmer (2013). The article finds the basis for such assertions lacking, and appeals for the development of new interpretative approaches to the study of early medieval mortuary archaeology in Britain.
- Metadata:
- xml
- Published as:
- Journal article
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 5 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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